Fan Appreciation Race to be held Saturday at San Antonio Raceway

San Antonio Raceway will hold a Fan Appreciation Race on Saturday night at the quarter-mile dragstrip near Marion.
Track president and promoter Freddy Cruz said that all spectators will be allowed in the gates for free.

The race will feature quarter-mile drag racing in the Electronics, Motorcycle Footbrake, Non Electronics and Junior Dragster classes. There will also be index racing in the 10.00, 11.00 and 12.00 classes.

Gates open Saturday at 2 p.m., time trials are at 3 p.m., and eliminations are at 6 p.m.

The race card will also feature SAR’s Summit Super Series Bracket Series, which will feature the Electronics, Footbrake and Junior Dragster classes.

In the Electronics class, Mike Burns has jumped out to an early lead in the point standings. He enters Saturday’s race with a 72-point cushion over Mike Pearson. Austin Cowan is eight points back in third, followed by Manuel Hernandez and Scott Ball.

In the Footbrake division, Jimmy Inman has taken over the points race and he leads Mac Garcia by 39 points. Nelson Friedeck is ranked third and Allen Friedeck and Cole Herbold are tied for fourth.

Traction compound added to Thunderhill: Track officials at Thunderhill Raceway have announced that the NasKart Racing Xperience (NRX) has decided to us a traction compound to create a better outside lane and make the track safer for the karts.

Earlier this week officials began to coat part of the racing surface with VP Lane Choice 7 Track Adhesive under the supervision of David Umscheid and H.E. Naumann.

“Having this treatment on the track along with the cone race format should make for some pretty exciting racing action for both the drivers and fans this weekend,” said Mary Ann Naumann, THR’s Owner and Promoter. “A big thanks goes out to the NRX group for helping us improve the track surface for all of our drivers.”

Drivers will get to try out the racing surface when Thunderhill Raceway opens up their gates on Saturday afternoon. Gates open at 4 p.m., and qualifying is set for 4:45 p.m. A Meet the Drivers session is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., and the racing action will start at 6:00 p.m.

In the NASCAR A-Line Super Stock class, Allen Alexander enters Saturday’s race with a 37-point lead over Tracy Tschoerner in the point standings. Alexander has won two of the four races this season. The two races Alexander didn’t win, he finished second and third respectively.

Mason Teague is ranked third and trails Tschoerner by 12 points. Tschoerner, who has one victory this season, has finished sixth or better in every race this year. Clint LaFont is fourth and Jason Stanley is fifth.

In the track’s premier NASCAR A-Line Modified class, H.E. Naumann, Cory Lovell, Jake Kruger, Ryan Englehardt and Zak Hausler are all locked in a five-way battle for the points championship.

There have been four races and four different winners in the class so far this season. Michael Umscheid, Lovell, Hausler and Kruger have all notched victories.

H.E. Naumann, who has placed eighth or better in each race this season, leads Lovell by only one point in the standings. Kruger is one point behind Lovell in third and Ryan Englehardt is four points back in fourth. Hausler is ranked fifth and is six points behind Englehardt. Only 13 points separate the top-five drivers in the rankings.

Four in a row: Greg Dinsmore of Kerrville rolled to his fourth-straight IMCA Modified victory last Saturday night at I-37 Raceway at Newsome Motorsports Park near Pleasanton.

With the victory, Dinsmore now leads the point standings by 10 points over Bill Pittaway. Jamie Campbell is three points behind Pittaway in third, followed by Robert Liese in fourth and Jon Holmstrom in fifth. Liese, Pittaway and Campbell finished second, third and fourth respectively to Dinsmore last weekend.

Dinsmore will return to action again on Saturday night when I-37 Raceway at Newsome Motorsports Park holds races beginning at 7 p.m.

The race card will feature the IMCA Modifieds, along with the IMCA Southern SportMods, Limited Late Models, Street Stock, Pure Stock and Front Runner classes.

Mud Drag racing: Mud Drags San Antonio will hold mud drag races on Saturday night at their track in Southern Bexar County off Loop 1604 near Interstate 37.

The gates open at 5 p.m. and the quads start races start at 7:30 p.m. The truck races are scheduled for 8 p.m.

In addition to the quad races, the race card will also feature side-by-side mud drag racing in the Stock, Super Stock, Economy, Super Gas, Two-Wheel Modified and Four-Wheel Modified classes.